Amusement device



I w. c. HADLEY.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, I920.

1,431,892, I Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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N I a R T m n i I a "P I 5 T 0 L 0 0 O I v I W/TA/ESSES ML 75? 522%; 2, H By W 644a ATTORNEYS W. C. HADLEY.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED Aue.20. 1920.

Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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Patented Get. 10, 1922.

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WALTER C. HADLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CENTRAL TALKING MACHINE SHOP, 1nd, on NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION (315 NEW YORK.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed August 20, 1920.

v To aid whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VAL'rnn C. IIADLEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a full and complete description.

The present invention relates to an amusement device and more particularly to an amusement device adapted to be supported by a phonograph, or so-called talking machine, and to be operated thereby.

.The object of the invention is to produce a device of this character having a movable member carrying upon its front face representations of various objects or words, numerals, etc., and which, by the movement of the men'iber, will cause the objects or other matter thereon to be at times concealed from the view of the observer, and at other times brought into view, the movements of said movable member being imparted by some movable element of thephonograph or tall:- ing machine.

To the above ends, the invention consists of a movable member adapted to be con nected to a phonograph and to be operated thereby. I i

It further consists of an apertured face plate supporting a movable member, said movable member being provided with. ob-

"jGCtS and ope-rated by the rotary record holder of a phonograph.

it further consists of the devices and. com binations of devices which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

T he invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a face view or front elevation of the device mounted in operative position on a phonograph or talking machine;

Figure 2 shows a top plan view of a phonograph and showing in horizontal cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 the de vice and illustrating its mode of operation;

Figure 3 shows a vertical sectional view through a portion of a phonograph and through the device taken on the line 33 of big. 1; I

Figure l is asimilar view to that shown in Fig. 13. the upper portion being broken away and illustrating the operation of the device;

Serial No. 404,971.

Figure 5 is afront elevation of the mom able member; and

Figure (3 is a fragmentary view showing a small segment of the operating disk and a sectional view of a small portion of the movable member. I

tiiimilar reference characters will be employed throughout the specification and drawings to designate corresponding parts.

)is illustrated. the device comprises two vertically extending parallel frame pieces 1, to the opposite ed ges of which are suitably secured, either by an adhesive or other appropriate fastening means, .a back piece 2 and a face piece The frame pieces 1 may be'made of light wood and the back piece 2 and face piece 3 of light wood or cardboard, as desired. The lower ends of the frame pieces 1 are notched, as shown at d, and project downwardly, as indicate l at 5, see Figs. 3 and f, the arrangement being such that the downwardly, extending projections 5 may be inserted back of the front frame (5 of the phonograph with the notched portions resting on the upper ge thereof. and the extreme lower ends re neupon the base '7. Preferably the lower edge 8 of the face piece 3 will project slightly below the notch 4t so as to overlap the edge of the front 6, as indicated in F and i. By this construction the device is readily inserted and removed. Preferably the device will be of sufiicient width to permit its lower end to be fitted within the space embraced by the surroumlirnr wall of the phonograph casing.

\Vithin the boxer frame just described is mounted a movable nnanber K) (see Fin. preferably in the form of a disk pivotally supported and mounted to freely revolve about an axis or pintle 10, consisting of a bolt suitably held by the back piece :2 and front piecel, a suit-able washer 11 being: employed where required to maintain the disk 9 in proper position on the axis 10.

Upon the disk 9 will be displayed. either pictorially the representations of objects. such as small animals or words, or the ob jccts may be ones having three dimensions. such as indicated by the representation of the mouse 12. The disk 9 is provided about its periphery and near its peripheral edge, with slots 13. The slots at intervals are arranged to be engaged by av projection Ll. extending from the peripheral edge of a disk 15, which is preferably formed of thin card board and is provided with a central aperture, not shown, permitting it to be fitted over the spindle 16 of the phonograph which projects above the upper surface of the ro-- tary table 17, upon which is supported the record 18, see Figs. 2, 3 and l of the drawmg.

The disk 15 will be substantially the diameter of the table 17, and the projection 14 extends a suflicient distance beyond the periphery so that as it is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 6, the projection ll will strike the rear face of the disk 9 and by frictional contact will cause a stepby-stcp movement of the disk 9 until. one of the slots 13 is brought into position to be engaged by the projection 14:. and when this happens the disk 9 will be positively turned while the engagement of the projection 14: with the slot 13 continues. This, of course, causes the disk 9 to be rotated almost continuously while the phonograph playing or operating on the record 18.

It will be noted that a portion of the movement of the disk 9 is imparted merely by frictional contact of the projection l t with the rear surface of the disk, as indicated in l, and that a portion of the movement is positively produced by the engagement of the projection 14 with the slot 13, as indicated in Fig.

The face piece 3, except for the presence of the slots, covers the disk 9 so that the object carried thereby will at times be exposed through one of the slots and then the other alternately.

lzreferably the face piece 3 will be covered by an ornainei'ital panel 20. This may he approjn'iately decorated, and will preferably project above the top of the face piece 3 and. below the bottom thereof so that it may be positioned in front of and cover the upper edge of the phonograph, as shown at 21.

The decoration of this panel may be of any suitable desired form, that shown illustrating the face of a clock and preferably the decorations will be appropriate to the iarticular phonograph record, as will the objects mounted on the movable disk.

In the illustrated embodiment, the record 18 may be assumed as representing the song or the words of the well known limerick, Dicker-y, dickery, dock, and the words thereof will preferably appear on the frontface of the panel 20, as indicated in. Fig. 1. Of course, the device may well be used as an advertising device in which case the front panel, or front face, will be provided with suitable illustrations and the disk 9 with suitable words which may be alternately exposed through the slots 19. It is understood that the ornamental panel will be provided With complemental slots 21 registering with the slots 19. i

The operation has been sufficiently described in connection with the foregoing description of the construction and any further description of the operation is deemed unnecessary.

It will be observed that by providing for both a positive and frictional movement of the disk 9, an element of uncertainty is intro duced, for naturally there will be no certainty as to the amount of movement which may be imparted at any time by the frictional contact of the projection let with the rear face of the disk 9, and so the object carried by the disk may remain exposed and covered up for periods of time of varying duration, which adds to the interest of the observer.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. An amusement device, comprising a frame, means to support said frame,a rotary disk mounted in the frame, spaced slots formed in the disk near its periphery, and a rotary clement positioned at right angles to the rotary disk ha viug a peripheral lug or projection ei'igaging the spaced slots to positively turn the disk at intervals.

2. An. amusement device, comprising a frame having a front facc'provided with parallel verti all. slots, means to support said frame on a phonograph in proximity to the record table, a rotary disk supported by said. frame at the rear of the front face and carrying upon its surface an object positioned I to be exposed through the said slots, and means carried by the record table for ro tating said disk.

XVALT ER C. HADLEY. 

